TWWS 7102 - Writing Foundations – Improve Precision

Course Description

Writing Foundations is delivered through four consecutive workshops, each one focusing on key topics that will provide you with the skills necessary to enhance your writing for a variety of purposes.

Honing skills in effective written communication is key in any educational or workplace setting. Whether you are a student or working toward a specific career goal, professors, and employers alike, place a high value on writing that is clear, concise, persuasive, and accessible to all readers.

Why you should take this workshop series:

• Enhance your written communication skills
• Identify and correct the top 10 sentence structure errors in your written work
• Present the facts through concise writing
• Improve writing to deliver clear and professional content
• Learn how to accurately cite sources

Module 1

• Introduction/ Ice breaker
• Writing in a high-tech world
• Characteristics of Effective Technical Writing
• Reports vs. Essays
• Error Analysis based on writing sample (previously submitted)
• In-class Writing Assignment based on prompt (20 mins)

Module 2

• Top 20 Writing problem spots
• Error Analysis based on in-class Writing Sample from Module 1
• Writing the Grad Thesis

Module 3

• Top 10 Sentence Structure Errors
• Citing Sources

Module 4

• Rules of Punctuation
• Thesis Statements
• Effective E-mails